Course Schedule

Below is information on the schedule followed by the schedule itself for the course, subject to change (check regularly!)

Lesson Plans and Learning Modules

To view the lesson plan for the day (and to access possible activities/links/etc. for that day’s lesson), click the date in the schedule to navigate to the lesson plan webpage (e.g., click “Monday, February 1”). Lesson plans will be live by a few minutes before the beginning of class–though they may sometimes be live a few hours or a day earlier.

Typically (**but not always! check the schedule**) the rhythm of our course meetings will be a full class synchronous (i.e., at the same time) meeting on Mondays and a Learning Module on Wednesdays where you will be required to go through the lesson plan and complete activities to submit by 11:59pm on Wednesday.

The full-class meetings will be conducted on Discord where we will do a number of activities and discussions. In the Learning Modules, I’ll have a combination of videos and text to read, with activities to complete and submit interspersed.

On some Wednesdays, you will meet with me as part of a small group over Discord. More information on that will come soon.

Finally, around midterm, we will meet individually to check in on how things are going and to plan for rest of term together. More on this later, as well.

To know what is happening each day, use the below key:

* (asterisk) next to date = We are meeting together as a full class, synchronously (i.e., all at the same time). The first few classes may be close to our full class time of 12:25pm-2:05pm; after that, it will be from 12:25-1:40pm. Typically these are Mondays but not always.

No asterisk next to date = Learning Module this day (asynchronous work to complete by 11:59pm, usually on the Wednesday it is due).

 

Accessing Readings

To know where to find a reading, use the below key:

(textbook) = you can find reading in textbook

(Blackboard) = you can find reading on Blackboard at Course Documents>Additional Readings

Hyperlink = some readings could be embedded with a hyperlink right on the schedule

 

 

Course Schedule

 

Week 1

Monday, February 1*

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): Go over the class, the syllabus, introduce yourself, the role of reading in writing

 

Wednesday, February 3

Reading Due:

  • “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Donald Murray, p. 27-30 (textbook)

Writing Due:

  • Reading Response: Reading annotation for Murray by 12pm. Submit to Blackboard or set your highlights to public (see “Reading Annotation Instructions” in Blackboard>Course Documents)
  • Learning Module 1 (click here to access) by 11:59pm

Topic(s): the writing process, revision (in reading and writing), identity and language, literacy narrative assignment

 

 

Week 2

Monday, February 8*

Reading Due: “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldúa, p. 69-79 (textbook)

Writing Due:

  • Reading Response: Reading annotation for Anzaldúa by 12pm. Submit to Blackboard or set your highlights to public (see “Reading Annotation Instructions” in Blackboard>Course Documents)

Topic(s): language and identity, planning, goal setting

 

Wednesday, February 10

Reading Due:

  • “Responding–Really Responding–to Other Students’ Writing” by Richard Straub, p.  34-45 (textbook)

Writing Due:

Topic(s): language and identity, developing a writing practice, style and full range of rhetoric

 

 

Week 3

Monday, February 15*

**Class canceled for President’s Day**

Reading: None

Writing: None

Topic(s): Sales? Presidents, too.

 

Wednesday, February 17

Writing Group Meetings on Discord (meet in Voice Channel Writing Group # for your group):

  • Group 1, 12:25pm
  • Group 2, 12:55pm
  • Group 3, 1:25pm

Reading Due:

  • “On Writing as Style and Entering a Conversation” by Lisa Blankenship, p. 16-18 (textbook)

Writing Due: 

  • Learning Module 3 by 11:59pm
  • Literacy Narrative Draft 1, submitted to Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Major Writing Assignments by 11:59pm. To view the prompt for the assignment, also go to Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Major Writing Assignments (click on attached prompt)

Topic(s): language and identity, developing a writing practice, peer response

 

 

Week 4

Monday, February 22*

Reading Due: 

  • “Defining My Identity Through Language: What I Learned about Literacy Narratives” by Kim Liao, p. 53-60 (textbook)

Writing Due:

  • Reading Response on Liao by 12pm. 
    • Go to Discord and post to the text channel “feb-22-liao-reading-response” under “Reading/Writing Discussion” and post two things:
      • one thing that stood out to you as notable and why
      • one question you had
  • Process Writing: Writing Schedule Activity (To submit: go to Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Process Writing and Reading Responses>Process Writing: Writing Schedule Activity) by 11:59pm

Topic(s): revision, language and identity, audience, developing a writing practice

 

Wednesday, February 24

Writing Group Meetings on Discord (meet in Voice Channel Writing Group # for your group):

  • Group 4, 12:25pm
  • Group 5, 12:55pm

Reading Due: 

  • “Introduction” by Lisa Blankenship (introduction to Section 4 of textbook), p. 93-94 (textbook)
  • “What is Rhetoric?” by Seth Graves, Lucas Corcoran, and Lisa Blankenship, p. 95-100 (textbook)
  • “Tools for Analyzing Texts” by Lisa Blankenship, Seth Graves, and Kate Eickmeyer, p. 101-113 (textbook)

Writing Due:

Topic(s): the functions of rhetoric, the rhetorical situation, analysis vs. summary, applying theoretical lenses

 

 

Week 5

Monday, March 1*

Reading Due:

  • “Nu Pogodi: Propaganda for Children of the USSR” by Leon Yablonovskiy, p. 139-144 (textbook)

Writing Due:

  • Process Writing: Rhetorical Analysis Proposal by 11:59pm (To submit and to see the prompt for the proposal, go to Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Process Writing and Reading Responses>Process Writing: Rhetorical Analysis Proposal [click attachment]).

Topic(s): using textual evidence, textual analysis and argument, theoretical lens, writing sessions

 

Wednesday, March 3

Writing Group Meetings on Discord (meet in Voice Channel Writing Group # for your group):

  • Group 1, 12:25pm
  • Group 2, 12:55pm
  • Group 3, 1:25pm

Reading Due:

  • “The Four Letter Code to Sell Just About Anything” by Derek Thompson (Blackboard)

Writing Due:

  • Process Writing: Writing Session Plan by 11:59pm (this will help you get Literacy Narrative revision done…can submit this closer to the March 8 deadline for the Literacy Narrative revision, if you want)
  • Learning Module 5 by 11:59pm

Topic(s): material concerns and constraints in rhetoric, genre, organization

 

 

Week 6

Monday, March 8*

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: 

  • Literacy Narrative Revision Project by 11:59pm (prompt and way to submit this project at Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Major Writing Projects> Literacy Narrative Revision Project)

Topic(s): check-ins, balancing summary and analysis in rhetorical analysis

 

Wednesday, March 10

Writing Group Meetings on Discord (meet in Voice Channel Writing Group # for your group):

  • Group 4, 12:25pm
  • Group 5, 12:55pm

Reading Due: None

Writing Due:

Topic(s): integrating thesis with argument throughout, reflection

 

 

Week 7

Monday, March 15*

**Class Canceled for One-on-One Midterm Meetings** Click this link now to sign up for a time to meet.

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): reflection, rhetorical analysis

 

Wednesday, March 17

Click this link now to sign up for a time to meet.

Reading Due: None

Writing Due:

Topic(s): reflection

 

Week 8

Monday, March 22*

Reading Due:

  • “The Research Process” by Seth Graves, p. 148-149 (textbook) 
  • “Finding Evidence” by Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, p. 150-159 (textbook)

Writing Due: 

  • Reading Response on Graves and Lunsford/Ruszkiewicz by 12pm
    • On Discord, in “Reading/Writing Discussion” in the text channel “mar-22-research-reading-response,” post:
      • one thing that stood out to you as notable and why
      • one question you had

Topic(s): writing to learn, information literacy, writing with other voices

 

Wednesday, March 24

OPTIONAL CLASS MEETING: Come to our Discord server in main voice channel to work on Learning Module and/or anything else together.

Reading Due:

  • “Evaluating Sources” by Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, p. 160-164 (textbook)
  • “Questions to Consider as You Choose Sources” by Lisa Ede, p. 165-166 (textbook)

Writing Due: 

Topic(s): information literacy, writing with other voices, writing to learn

 

 

Week 9

Monday, March 29*

**Class Canceled for Spring Recess**

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): relaxing?

 

Wednesday, March 31

**Class Canceled for Spring Recess**

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): relaxing?

 

 

Week 10

Monday, April 5*

Reading Due:

  • “Stasis Theory: Finding and Developing a Thesis in Argument Genres” by Lisa Blankenship, p. 189-194 (textbook)

Writing Due:

  • Process Writing: Research Proposal
    • Go to text channel under Reading/Writing Discussion called # apr-5-research-proposal and post:
      • which one of the four domains you want to research (language, reading, writing, learning and/or career)
      • the potential topic you want to research within that domain (e.g., impact of multilingualism and treatment in US schools)
      • a potential research question (go back to March 22 lesson plan and Learning Module 7 on this, as well as class today)
      • why you want to research that topic as something related to your future (e.g., I want to research distraction management techniques so I can improve my focus).

Topic(s): writing and disciplinary knowledge, research questions, organizing an argument around research

 

Wednesday, April 7

OPTIONAL CLASS MEETING: Come to our Discord server in main voice channel to work on Learning Module and/or anything else together.

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: 

  • Rhetorical Analysis Draft 2 by 11:59pm. This will be posted on our Blogs@Baruch website (you can revise what is already up there, no need to submit a separate post). Click prompt to learn more about assignment and how to submit. For a refresher on how to do posts and mark categories, go here. As always, if you need extra time, let me know and that should be fine. Also submit cover letter (that is submitted to Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Major Writing Projects>Rhetorical Analysis Cover Letter).
  • Review Past Lessons! Review (and, if necessary, make up) past Learning Modules!
    • Learning Module 4 introducing rhetoric and rhetorical analysis (and on style for words, tone, register).
    • March 1 Lesson Plan on organizing a rhetorical analysis, among other things.
    • Learning Module 5 continuing on rhetorical analysis (e.g., genre) and style (sentence length and type), among other things.
    • March 8 Lesson Plan on the early stages of taking notes on texts you analyze and preparing a rhetorical analysis, among other things.
    • Learning Module 6 on developing a thesis for a rhetorical analysis, linking claims to evidence from your texts in rhetorical analysis, and more on style with focus on punctuation.
    • March 22 Lesson Plan on developing a research question and finding evidence for your research question.
    • Learning Module 7 on things you can do when writing online for rhetorical analysis as a blog post, more on style for coherence between sentences, and evaluating and choosing sources for research writing.

Topic(s): Get Rhetorical Analysis done; review past few weeks on rhetorical analysis, style, and research

 

 

Week 11

Monday, April 12*

Reading Due: 

  • “Organizing Your Ideas” by Lisa Blankenship, p. 195-199 (textbook)

Writing Due: 

  • Process Writing: Research Question *******by class time (12:25pm)*******. Submit to Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Process Writing>Research Question

Topic(s): Documentation style, disciplines, organizing an argument around research, Reflective Annotated Bibliography

 

Wednesday, April 14

OPTIONAL CLASS MEETING: Come to our Discord server in main voice channel to work on Learning Module and/or anything else together. ****I won’t be able to make it until about 1:15pm, but you should feel free to go and work with classmates****

Reading Due: 

  • “Using Sources” by Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, p. 167-180 (textbook)
  • “When Should I Quote, Paraphrase, or Summarize?” by Lisa Ede, p. 181-182 (textbook)

Writing Due:

Topic(s): research writing and writing to learn, organizing an argument around research

 

 

Week 12

Monday, April 19*

Reading Due:

  • “Avoiding  Misconceptions: Immigrants Are Beneficial to Society” by Suhaib Qasim, p. 240-245 (textbook)

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): research writing and writing to learn, organizing an argument around research

 

Wednesday, April 21

OPTIONAL CLASS MEETING: Come to our Discord server in main voice channel to work on Learning Module and/or anything else together.

Reading Due: None

Writing Due:

Topic(s): research writing and writing to learn, organizing an argument around research

 

 

Week 13

Monday, April 26*

Reading Due: None

Writing Due:

  • On Discord in # apr-26-writing-with-sources, paste a paragraph from your in-progress research paper that contains at least one paraphrase or direct quote. Mention the documentation style you are using (MLA, APA, Chicago, or CSE) and make sure you include the citation according to the conventions of the documentation style as much as you can.

Topic(s): research writing and writing to learn, organizing an argument around research

 

Wednesday, April 28

OPTIONAL CLASS MEETING: Come to our Discord server in main voice channel to work on Learning Module and/or anything else together.

Reading Due: None

Writing Due:

Topic(s): research writing and writing to learn, organizing an argument around research, quantification to reflect by distant reading

 

 

Week 14

Monday, May 3*

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: 

  • Research-Driven Writing Draft 1 by 11:59pm

Topic(s): quantification to reflect by distant reading, closely reading your own writing to learn about it

 

Wednesday, May 5*

I’ll be available at 12:25pm-12:55pm for any help! Come to Discord server and main voice channel. I have to leave at 1pm for a meeting.

Reading Due: None

Writing Due:

Topic(s): quantification to reflect by distant reading, closely reading your own writing to learn about it

 

 

Week 15

Monday, May 10*

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): ELD, final thoughts, work on writing

 

Wednesday, May 12*

COME TO CLASS TODAY (no Learning Module). I’m getting my second Moderna shot today, so in case that takes longer than expected, I may be a few minutes late.

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): ELD, final thoughts, work on writing

 

 

Week 16

Monday, May 17*

Reading Due: None

Writing Due: None

Topic(s): ELD, final thoughts, work on writing

 

 

FINALS WEEK

Reading Due: Your own writing!

Writing Due:

  • Experiential-Learning Document by 11:59pm on Monday, May 24. Submit this on Blackboard.
  • Any assignment you would like to revise once more by 11:59pm on Monday, May 24
    • For any revision, you must include a cover letter of 300-500 words that explains what you revised and why you revised it in the way that you did. If you do more than one revision, you’ll need more than one cover letter.
    • Submit any revision + cover letter by email to me.